My Discoid Roach Colony For My Feeding My Bearded Dragons!
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- In today's video I decided to share with you how I set up my discoid roach colony for my bearded dragon. Discoid roaches are very similar to dubia roaches so hopefully I can reproduce them to be able to give them to my bearded dragons
I was so confused I thought you were cooking like a 5 star meal to eat lol not for the lizards 😂
Fantastic! I have been looking into starting a colony but they seem so expensive. How many did you start with? Looking forward to more videos on them!
there are two good options with both having their pros and cons. Here's a summary:
1. Getting a group of nymphs (babies), growing them out and breeding them to get babies
Pros: Are cheaper, you can guarantee maximum breeding potential
Cons: They take an average of 4-5 months to fully grow out, and you can't control the ratio of males to females
2. Buying adults at a ratio of 4 females to 1 male
Pros: You get adults instantly, meaning you don't have to wait for nymphs to grow up, and you can fully control how many males and females you're getting
Cons: Are typically 2-3 times as expensive as the nymphs, and you don't know the breeding potential of the adults (they might be so old that they can only breed 1 or 2 more times until they die, compared to the 8 or 9 times of a nymph)
I got 15 discoid roaches from Canada Ant Colony, but there are new sellers popping up left and right. There are three other sellers I'm currently aware of: Formistudio, Ontario Invert Farm, and Arthropods Canada. Formistudio has the cheapest roaches and Ontario Invert Farm has the most expensive. If you're not in a rush it might be smart to wait a couple more years, as the price is going down really quickly. Good luck!
Wow scared of roaches no thanks but i am breeding mealworms she loves them yes here in canada we cannot get them never knew about these but so scared of them your brave lol thanks so much .
Yo, awesome, thank you! I've been looking into getting a bearded dragon and I'm so glad some sort of roach is allowed in place of dubias. I do not wanna go with crickets if I don't have to.
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hey i have a question, how do u make your bearded dragon egg incubators? And can i have some tips for bearded dragon egg caring?
Thanks :)
👀found it
i have a dubia colony going now
Hey Elion umm my beardy won’t eat and I think it’s because she’s shedding I refresh her salad everyday I offer super worms and dubia roaches what should I do any advice ?
Pls answer if you see this 😢 I’m really worried about my beardy
Hi Lord Elion!!!
maybe u can tell me last 2 batches of horn worms just wouldn't grown a week and they bairly grew
Yum yum yum lol
Discoid roaches cannot fly. Anyhow, I suggest against using a substrate for obvious reasons in this video, especially what you ended up using. If you need a substrate, I would go with fine coco coir. You can run it through a sifter and pull the babies out vs potentially crushing them moving through the substrate like you have in the video. I personally allow my roach frass to be my substrate. The babies eat it for gut health among other things. You should definitely take a look at my breeding guides for discoid roaches. I have covered them extensively on my channel.
Can you tell male or female? No water source?
they will drown in a water bowl so you need to either feed watery veggies like romaine lettuce, cucumber or zucchini OR you can use a damp paper towel. You will need to change out the paper towel once every few days
and by the way, yes you can tell the difference from a male and female - but only when they're adults, and it can be a bit difficult
where you located? would love to get some from ya
How do I get these?!? I’m in Sudbury about four hours away from you. PS love your videos I have two Bearded Dragon’s full grown of my own one male and one female. Both rescues
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Question for you, where did you get that coconut substrate? Because I’m wanting to start my own colony
Idk about feeding 2 day dead roaches to anything. I could be wrong.
Nope, can't handle the roaches. Trying to get my dragon to eat greens and drink water